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Date:	Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:19:12 PST8
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: detecting hard disk

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--- Steven Levine wrote:

> In rare cases,
> you have to zero out the first cylinder. One of
> Jordan's drives needed
> this.

I'm making this standard procedure now with new
drives. (Have been buying Seagate exclusively -- for
IDE -- for some time now, as they seem to be offering
the only 5 yr. warranty these days.)

> You neglected to run the partition table cleanups
> and the geometry fixups.

This hasn't been sufficient by itself, in all cases.

> It's not always required, but it provides an extra
> chance to avoid
> problems.

I'm hep. (No, Peter, that wasn't a typo for hemp.)

Jordan

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